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We’re taking heavy enemy fire

Like they all weren’t aware of the helicopter lurching fro to put dohere the wounded soldiers waited for transport Malichai Fortunes kept one hand on his medical kit and the other on his rifle He could shoot the wings off a fly with that rifle

You’re up, soldier, Joe Spagnola, his team leader, said Want you back in one piece

Roger that Malichai ju out of the way just in case Rubin Campo, another GhostWalker teammate, landed on top of him

They both were dressed in white with splotches of gray to better blend into the environround, the helicopter was up and away, skidding sideways through the sky, dodging the deadly fire fro continuously

The e, he was up and running in a crouch, toward the coordinates of the sroup of soldiers who had been shot down and were now pinned on top of that very cold mountain, surrounded by the enemy, with no supplies or medical aid and low on ammunition

A hail of deadly ed in a pattern up and down, seeking to find them and the wounded soldiers

“Co his own soldiers weren’t going to shoot him

He and Rubin leapt over the ring of rocks and landed just inside the circle the soldiers had made for themselves Other than the rocks, there was little cover, and theMalichai had seen some pathetic setups, but this was one of the worst Added to the fact that the soldiers were all wounded, the rocks didn’t h firepower to blow those large boulders fordom come

Five men with various wounds lay in misery, but with their weapons ready One attempted to sit, but Malichai waved hi continuously The snoas stained red in places

“I’m Malichai, that’s Rubin” Deliberately, he left off any mention of rank “We’re here to pull your butts out of the frying pan Give me your assessment of each patient,” Malichai added to the one obviously assu leadership

“Jerry Lannis took the worst hit His leg and arrenades He shielded the rest of us when one of the grenades landed close We did the best we could to help hi in the most protected spot the small space had

Rubin ilanced up at Malichai with a slight shake of his head If he

Get started on him

Rubin glanced around at the other soldiers, all looking at hi for a vein

Rubin was a GhostWalker, enhanced psychically as well as physically He was one of the ultra-rare—a psychic surgeon If his assess, then no one could save those limbs Rubin would do his best, and that meant Jerry would most likely live, but there was little chance he would live with all four limbs intact

“We’ve got supplies Not a lot, so you’ll need to ration” As he spoke, Malichai tore open the thin packets with the blankets in theh warmth to survive in the time they had to wait for extraction He exa quick assessments

The appointed leader went on with his report “Jack Torren has two bullets in hi his ribs Ribs are broken Hip’s intact We’re not sure how”

Jack sent Malichai a faint grin “I guess I’m too mean to die I tell them I have superhero bones”